ZenBrain Memory runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 491 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Oct 2026.
Agent memory: working, episodic, semantic, procedural and core layers. Local SQLite, no account.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check ZenBrain Memory every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add zenbrain -- npx -y @zensation/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"zenbrain": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@zensation/mcp"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.zenbrain]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@zensation/mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"zenbrain": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@zensation/mcp"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"zenbrain": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@zensation/mcp"
]
}
}
}Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
ZENBRAIN_DB (Path to the SQLite file that holds the memory. A leading ~/ means your home directory; a relative path depends on where the client starts the server (some start it in /), so give an absolute or ~/ path. Use ':memory:' for a store that is discarded when the process exits), ZENBRAIN_CONTEXTS (Comma-separated context domains, passed to the cross-context layer. No tool uses that layer yet, so the value currently has no effect).
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ZenBrain Memory — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.